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A good cover is a tricky business and even the likes of David Bowie have struggled to deliver. But cover versions are no mystery to Chan Marshall, aka Cat Power, who with her 2000’s ‘Covers Record’ set her interpretation flair free, now back in full swing for her second cover album ‘Jukebox’. If the faithful cover song is an often dry and thankless task for the artist, Cat Power effectively defies the obstacles by dissecting the songs and reshaping them according to her own aesthetics. So ‘New York, New York’ loses the boldness of the trumpets but gains in her distinctive soul and raw vocals and in a blues chilled feel.
George Jackson’s ‘Aretha, Sing One for Me’ brings renewed energy with a smart vintage organ touch. If the piano in Janis Joplin’s ‘Woman Left Lonely’ sounds more like Elton John, Joni Mitchell’s ‘Blue’ misses the highs of Joni’s voice and the prominent piano harmonies but still manages to capture the intensity of the original.
While reinterpreting her favourite songs, Cat Power brings her own personal homage in cover and in new material to her artistic master, Bob Dylan, with ‘I Believe in You’ and ‘Song for Bobby’, a heartfelt account of Chan Marshall’s first meeting with her hero, described with the lyrics and the enthusiasm of a date with a first love.
Love pervades the album from the most obscure to the very famous song and it is with a careful and loving hand that Cat Power mixes old and new, doing the songs the justice they deserve.
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